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An Argentinean Novel Spins Countless Stories From A Bicycle Wheel

5:00am June 05, 2021

by Kamil Ahsan

César Aira's The Divorce, a 2008 novel now out in English, centers around one charged moment at a Buenos Aires cafe, when water falling from an awning suddenly drenches a passing bicyclist.

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Kennedy Center Honors Will Air On CBS, With Pandemic Changes

5:08pm June 04, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

The Kennedy Center Honors broadcast airs on CBS on June 6th. Recipients include Debbie Allen and Dick Van Dyke. It was a very different event this year.

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David Rubenstein, Chita Rivera, Garth Brooks, Debbie Allen, Trisha Yearwood, Dick Van Dyke, Joan Baez, Gloria Estefan, Midori, and Kennedy Center president Deborah F. Rutter pose for a group photo at the 43nd annual Kennedy Center Honors.

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This Year's Kennedy Center Honorees Have A 'Jolly Romp' At The White House

2:56pm June 04, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

President Biden has resumed the tradition of inviting Kennedy Center honorees to the White House. In a year of "profound loss and pain," Biden says, "the artist's vision is as important as ever."

Pianist, composer and coder Dan Tepfer confronted pandemic isolation with ingenious technological solutions.

Hear Bach's Music Like You've Never Heard It Before: Upside Down

2:22pm June 04, 2021

by Tom Vitale

For most artists, 2020 was a year of forced isolation and few opportunities. But Dan Tepfer, a jazz pianist and composer, had a busy year, partly thanks to his technological acumen.

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Marcus (Noah Jupe), Regan (Millicent Simmonds) and Evelyn (Emily Blunt) brave the unknown in A Quiet Place Part II.

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Listen Carefully: The Tense 'Quiet Place' Sequel Speaks To Our Present Time

12:38pm June 04, 2021

by Justin Chang

John Krasinski's follow-up to his 2018 thriller about aliens who hunt by sound showcases humanity at its best and worst — and feels particularly relevant as we slowly emerge from the pandemic.

Kennedy's Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby, by Dan Abrams and David Fisher

Jack Ruby's Trial Moves From Side Stage To Center In 'Kennedy's Avenger'

11:55am June 04, 2021

by Gabino Iglesias

Dan Abrams and David Fisher tell a gripping tale that takes readers into the heart of Ruby's trial, picking up the moment he killed Oswald and then methodically unpacking what followed.

Bo Burnham, seen here accepting a DGA First-Time Feature Film Award for Eighth Grade in 2019, has a new special that places him in a much quieter space.

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Bo Burnham's 'Inside' Is A Musical Fantasy About Terrible Realities

8:19am June 04, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Burnham has been away from stand-up for a long time, and this is not a stand-up special. It's theater, filmed at home, touching on some of the harshest realities of the isolated mind.

The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Dalila Harris

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An Office Rivalry Turns Strange — And Maybe Dangerous — In 'The Other Black Girl'

8:00am June 04, 2021

by Bethanne Patrick

Zakiya Dalila Harris drew on her own experiences in publishing for her new thriller, about a young Black woman who hopes for a friend and ally when her lily-white office hires another Black woman.

The Riverside Hotel hosted musicians like Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, Howlin' Wolf, and Duke Ellington.

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Here's The Latest List Of The Nation's Most Endangered Historic Places

1:38pm June 03, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

Every year, the trust puts out a list of the most endangered historic sites in America — this year, it includes civil rights campsites, a hotel that was home to the blues and a Navajo trading post.

The State Theatre in Portland, Maine, is one of the many venues that have yet to receive money from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program.

As Grants For Shuttered Venues Trickle Out, Many Owners Are Still Waiting

9:04am June 03, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant was meant to help small independent venues, theaters and other entertainment spaces hit hard by the pandemic. But it's taken six months to get up and running.

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